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adhering, which soon disappear leaving the skin 

 smooth and dry; margin striate. Color delicate 

 buff inclining to yellowish white. 



Flesh. — Wliite^ tliin^ soft. 



Gills. — FreCj white, notched on the edges (crcn- 

 ulate) . 



Spores. — Broadly elliptic, white. 



Stem. — 2-4 inches long up to 1-2 inch thick, equ- 

 al, stuffed, then holow, smooth, bulbous. 



Ring. — Very slight, soon wholly wanting. 



Volva.—Verj slight. 



O^or.— Mild. 



Habitat. — Open pine wods, lawns, pastures, fre- 

 quently growing singly, July to October. Reported 

 in Xew England. 



Not tried for edibility. 



It might easily be taken for a species of Amani- 

 topsis on account of the very slight ring, which is 

 often wanting in mature specimens. 



AMANITOPSIS vaginata (Roze) from 



vagina — a shield. 



Cap. — 2-5 inches broad, convex, then plane, 

 sometimes with a knob at the center, (umbonate), 

 thin, fragile, glossy, smooth; color variable, gen- 

 erally mouse gray, sometimes tawny yellow and 

 also date-brown; deeply and distinctly striate. 



Flesh. — White, but in the dark forms, grayish 

 under the skin. 



Gills. — Free and white . 



